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2 Samuel 14:30

Then Absalom said to his servants, “Look, Joab’s field is next to mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire!” And Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.

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ASV

Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab’s field is near mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.

KJV

Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab’s field is near mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
עֲבָדָ֜יו'a.va.Davservants hisH5650 →
רְאוּ֩re.'UseeH7200 →
חֶלְקַ֨תchel.Kat[the] portion of land ofH2513 →
יוֹאָ֤בyo.'AvJoabH3097 →
אֶל־'el-[is] toH413 →
יָדִי֙ya.Dihand myH3027 →
וְלוֹ־ve.lo-and [belongs] to <the> him
שָׁ֣םshamthereH8033 →
שְׂעֹרִ֔יםse.'o.Rimbarley<s>H8184 →
לְכ֖וּle.KhugoH1980 →
וְהַצִּית֣וּהָve.ho.tzi.tei.haand set on fire itH3341 →
בָאֵ֑שׁva.'Eshwith <the> fireH784 →
וַיַּצִּ֜תוּvai.ya.Tzi.tuand they set on fireH3341 →
עַבְדֵ֧י'av.Dei[the] servants ofH5650 →
אַבְשָׁל֛וֹם'av.sha.LomAbsalomH53 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הַחֶלְקָ֖הha.chel.Kahthe portion of landH2513 →
בָּאֵֽשׁ׃ פba.'Eshwith <the> fireH784 →

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Judges 15:4–5Then Samson went out and caught three hundred foxes. And he took torches, turned the foxes tail-to-tail, and fastened a torch between each pair of tails.2 Samuel 13:28–29Now Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant!”1 Kings 21:9–14In the letters she wrote: “Proclaim a fast and give Naboth a seat of honor among the people.2 Kings 9:33“Throw her down!” yelled Jehu. So they threw her down, and her blood splattered on the wall and on the horses as they trampled her underfoot.2 Kings 10:6–7Then Jehu wrote them a second letter and said: “If you are on my side, and if you will obey me, then bring the heads of your master’s sons to me at Jezreel by this time tomorrow.” Now the sons of the king, seventy in all, were being brought up by the leading men of the city.2 Samuel 15:10Then Absalom sent spies throughout the tribes of Israel with this message: “When you hear the sound of the horn, you are to say, ‘Absalom reigns in Hebron!’”2 Samuel 18:14But Joab declared, “I am not going to wait like this with you!” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak tree.Judges 15:5Then he lit the torches and released the foxes into the standing grain of the Philistines, burning up the piles of grain and the standing grain, as well as the vineyards and olive groves.

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David Mourns the Death of Absalom — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
David Mourns the Death of Absalom — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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